acetyl chloride

American

noun

Chemistry.

a colorless, toxic, and fuming liquid of pungent odor, C 2 H 3 OCl, soluble in ether, acetone, and acetic acid: used in the manufacture of dyes and pharmaceuticals.

acetyl chloride British

noun

Also called: ethanoyl chloride. a colourless pungent liquid used as an acetylating agent. Formula: CH 3 COCl

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By long heating the acid is converted into its anhydride, which, however, is obtained more readily by heating the silver salt of the acid with acetyl chloride.

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It cannot be converted into coumarin by heating alone, but it is readily transformed on heating with acetic anhydride or acetyl chloride.

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